Travel RN - ICU

Travel RN - ICU

American Traveler

Burien, Washington, United States

Position status: Open

Assignment type: travel

Shift: Nights

Length (weeks): 13

Openings: 2

Start date: 2026-10-05

$2,360.42/week (estimated advertised weekly pay)

Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced ICU RN for a 13-week night shift assignment requiring critical care skills and a WA or compact RN license.

Details

Acute care setting in a 10-bed ICU with a 21-bed PCU

Nurse-to-patient ratios of 2:1 in ICU and 3:1 in PCU under normal circumstances, stretching to 3:1 ICU and 4:1 PCU

Treats patients with COVID, respiratory failure, cardiac arrest, sepsis, and DKA

Manages ventilated patients, cath lab recovery, and therapeutic hypothermia cases

RNs are required to titrate drips including sedation, pressors, diuretics, insulin, and Amiodarone

Uses EPIC EMR system

RT available in ICU 24/7 with vents, CPAP/BiPAP, and high flow equipment

Remote tele/monitor techs available, but RNs are required to read their own strips

12-hour night shifts with every other weekend required

Holiday coverage rotates with permanent staff

No call or standby requirement

Primary floating to PCU and medsurg units, with additional float required throughout Region I facilities (St. Francis Hospital – Federal Way, WA; Virginia Mason Medical Center – Seattle, WA; St. Anne Hospital – Burien, WA)

Centralized scheduling with 12-hour shift unit orientation

Requirements

Active WA or Compact RN license required, pending licenses not accepted

Minimum 2 years of ICU experience required

Current BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications required, pending certifications not accepted

Experience with ventilated patients, cath lab recovery, and therapeutic hypothermia required

Experience titrating drips including sedation, pressors, diuretics, insulin, and Amiodarone

Copy of driver's license required for consideration

Two professional references required: one supervisor from within the last 12 months worked and one peer or supervisor from within the last 3 years worked, including dates of employment and eligibility for rehire

Additional Information

Provide critical care nursing to ICU and PCU patients with complex diagnoses

Charge nurse coverage 24 hours; house supervisor coverage from 1500-0700

Nurse aide support available on PCU at 8:1 ratio, rarely available on ICU

Intensivist coverage 0800-1500 and hospitalist coverage 24 hours

No set scrub color; professional scrubs of any color permitted

$20 premium rate offered when floated to other Region I facilities

First-time travelers are welcome to apply